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AN 4.19PTS AN 2.19Agati 31 min read

Prejudice (3rd)

Tatiyaagatisutta

Making decisions prejudiced and unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.19Numbered Discourses 4.19
  • 0.22. Caravagga2. Walking

0.3TatiyaagatisuttaPrejudice (3rd)

1.1PTS 2.19“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, agatigamanāni.“Mendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Chandāgatiṁ gacchati, dosāgatiṁ gacchati, mohāgatiṁ gacchati, bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri agatigamanāni.These are the four ways of making prejudiced decisions.

2.1Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, nāgatigamanāni.There are these four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.2.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?2.3Na chandāgatiṁ gacchati, na dosāgatiṁ gacchati, na mohāgatiṁ gacchati, na bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—Making decisions unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.2.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri nāgatigamanānīti.These are the four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.

3.1Chandā dosā bhayā mohā,If you act against the teaching3.2yo dhammaṁ ativattati;out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, or stupidity,3.3Nihīyati tassa yaso,your fame fades away,3.4kāḷapakkheva candimā.like the moon in the waning fortnight.

4.1Chandā dosā bhayā mohā,If you don’t act against the teaching4.2yo dhammaṁ nātivattati;out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, and stupidity,4.3Āpūrati tassa yaso,your fame swells,4.4sukkapakkheva candimā”ti.like the moon in the waxing fortnight.”

4.5Navamaṁ.